Mobile operators are integrating AI-enabled applications and edge-cloud computing platforms with their 5G networks to accelerate enterprise digital transformation and unleash new business opportunities. Network operators like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Vodafone all claim that AI and machine learning will help them with 5G network planning, optimizing their 5G network investments, managing costs, while improving operations…
FutureNet World returns for the 2nd edition in London on March 24-25th. The event brings together a global audience of senior telco executives, says Giles Cummings, founder & CEO of FutureNet World, to discuss the strategicand commercial considerations and decisions that CSPs are making today and the implications for the network. ‘Network Automation and AI’ is the…
ETSI is proud to announce the availability of a new white paper, entitled Network Transformation: Orchestration, Network and Service Management Framework, written by several of its Industry Specification Groups’ (ISG) Chairs. These groups have released specifications on key building block technologies for next-generation networks, feeding the 3GPP 5G specifications. As the network industry undergoes a significant…
The industry initiative of autonomous networks Article by Dong Sun, Chief Architect of Digital Transformation and AI, Huawei Technologies. The main concerns and interests of the telecom industry today are to apply AI, and other cutting-edge technologies such as big data, cloud computing, edge computing and IoT, to address the challenges and opportunities around complexity,…
Open source networking projects and ETSI specification groups are to get more closely aligned. Will it bring about a speedier introduction of the automated, cloud native and virtualised network? By Keith Dyer, The Mobile Network ETSI and the Linux Foundation have announced they will be trying to align their working groups more closely. The MoU is…
Network Automation and AI remain at the core of the Industry’s growth Dimitris Mavrakis, Research Director, ABI Research Held on 26-27 March 2019, FutureNet World was a stage where the supply and demand side of telecoms narrated about industry themes expected to drive the next wave of growth. Network Automation and AI was the umbrella…
Article by: by Matt Kapko FierceWireless Despite all the hype and excitement surrounding 5G, operators are still in the very early stages of deploying next-generation networks and struggling to make a business case for 5G. On a global basis, most 5G rollouts will continue through 2022, according to a new survey from McKinsey. Most of 2019 will be…
Article by: SDX Central Ericsson and Intel are jointly developing a hardware management platform for service providers targeting 5G, NFV, and distributed cloud. The new platform combines hardware and software: Ericsson SDI Manager software and Intel Rack Scale Design(RSD) architecture and software. It will also maintain full backward compatibility for Ericsson customers. RSD is Intel’s reference architecture for disaggregated,…
Article by: SDX Central The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) launched an ambitious mobile and broadband convergence initiative designed to help service providers with 5G deployments. Dubbed the Converged Multi-Access and Core (COMAC), the initiative is focused on delivering services over both mobile and broadband networks while supporting subscriber management and maintaining a consistent service experience without regard to the…
Ahead of speaking at FutureNet World 2019, Shahryar Khan, Head of Automation and Systems, Transport Networks at Telia Group discusses the drivers, priorities and challenges around AI and Automation in this exclusive Q&A with FutureNet’s CEO Giles Cummings. Tell us a little but about you and your company? Head of Automation in Network Services & Devices…